Die Hebamme – Auf Leben und Tod
Tyrol, 1813 - In the morally strict mountain villages, lack of hygiene is replaced by godliness. Midwife Rosa fights with commitment against childbed fever and ignorance.
A mountain village around 1815. Since the death of her husband, Rosa has been living in modest circumstances with her 16-year-old sister Anna and earning her living as a midwife. When she increasingly rebels against the catastrophic conditions during births and Anna also becomes pregnant out of wedlock and tries to take her own life out of shame and as a result of the hostility in the village, Rosa flees to the city with her sister.
On the recommendation of the progressive doctor Dr. Gennaro Salzer, she finds a job in the newly founded maternity hospital, whose aim is to provide needy women and illegitimate pregnant women with a well-cared-for birth. In return, the women are to be available to future doctors for research and teaching.
Rosa's attitude, however, quickly arouses the displeasure of the director of the institution...
Mit Brigitte Hobmeier, Misel Maticemic, Pippa Galli, Caroline Ebner, Karl Fischer, Johanna Bittenbinder, Anna Maria Sturm, Amelie Kiefer, Maria Hofstätter, Doris Plörer
Direction: Dagmar Hirth
Camera: Jo Heim
Production design: Rudi Czettel
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